The Seminoles keep adding players to preseason award watch lists. On Wednesday, junior kicker Ricky Aguayo was named to the Lou Groza watch list, the award given to the best kicker in the nation. While junior punter Logan Tyler was put on the Ray Guy Award watch list, recognizing the best punter in the country.

In Aguayo’s second year in Tallahassee, he showed noticeable improvement from his freshman season, going from 19-26 (73.1%) to 18-21 (85.7%). Now, he didn’t have as many chances as last year which was a result of the slow offensive production in 2017. Last year’s field goal percentage was good enough to lead the ACC, he was also tied for fifth in the league in scoring. Aguayo even improved on his career-long field goal with a 51-yard kick to help the ‘Noles take down Wake Forest 26-19. If Aguayo were to win the Lou Groza Award, he would join three other Seminoles: his brother Roberto Aguayo (2013), Graham Gano (2008), and Sebastian Janikowski (1998, 1999). Ricky Aguayo was also named All-ACC preseason team as the top placekicker.

Just like Aguayo, Logan Tyler showed growth from his freshman to sophomore year. He did get a lot more punting opportunities with 66 total punts this past season, along with improving his average yards per punt by 3.2 yards, and his career-long to 61 yards. But, it wasn’t all about going long with his punts, Tyler was also able to sit 22 punts inside the 20-yard line in 2017. Both the Lou Groza and Ray Guy Award will be announced on December 6th at The Home Depot College Football Award Show.